The card had a picture of a donkey, which represented the Christmas song Dominick the Donkey, one that that radio show plays every year because its newsreader is called Dom. In 2016, I decided to send a Christmas card via Moonpig to the show. On his show, there is a letters feature where listeners post letters, postcards and gifts to the team. I am a loyal listener of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X. It was great fun and I was proud of my hard work and hosting skills. I decorated the flat, cooked a turkey with all the trimmings and we exchanged gifts. At Christmas time, I decided to host a Christmas dinner with my friends. In my final year at Treloar College, I was living in one of the independent flats on campus. We rented an accessible cottage near Edinburgh, which had a downstairs bedroom, hoist and wet room.īecause of the distance and the amount of personal care I require, we don’t get to visit family often, but it was lovely to spend time with my grandparents, uncles and cousins all at once and enjoy Christmas together. In 2009, my parents, brother and I travelled up to Scotland to visit our extended family. I think it is a wonderful idea for future parents to expand their childrens imagination. It was a a very exciting day and added some extra magic to the festivities. We went to our bedrooms and my brother had a bike and I had a goldfish in a tank. He phoned to tell us that there was an additional present for each of us in our bedrooms, which were too large to fit in our stockings. I think my younger brother answered it and it was “Father Christmas”. I remember one Christmas Day, when I was around 7 or 8 years old, we had finished opening all our presents when the telephone rang. It’s a fun activity to do whether you’re a child or an adult and something anyone of any ability can get involved in.Ĭheck out our Christmas chocolate truffle recipe on my blog Rock For Disability. I enjoy breaking up the digestive biscuits with a rolling pin and sprinkling the chocolate and coconut sprinkles over the truffle balls. They are small rich chocolate treats made of digestive biscuits, coconuts and, of course, chocolate. Baking Christmas trufflesĪ Christmas tradition my mum and I do every year is bake chocolate truffles. I had plenty of friends to share the festive occasion with. The best thing was that I went to a mainstream school and nobody judged me because of my disability. I had “Ema”, “Emmar”, “Emer”, “Persil”, “Percel”, “Pursell” plus many more. The most amusing thing was the number of children who spelt my name wrong. We had a post box in the school hall and they would be delivered to us in class. Sending and receiving Christmas cardsĪt primary school, before I began to lose my vision, I used to love writing out Christmas cards to all my classmates and teachers, as well as receiving them. I still love this song now and it always brings back memories of my childhood at Christmas. The last song on the b side was Slade’s Merry Christmas Everybody and my dad, brother and I would stop whatever we were doing and sing-a-long and dance to it. It had all the regular tracks, including Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and so on. When I was a kid, I remember having a cassette tape of Christmas songs. Here are my 10 favourite memories at Christmas… 1. This extended version with 10 memories was then published on my blog Rock For Disability the same year. This blog post was originally a guest post titled My 5 favourite memories at Christmas on Scope’s community blog. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade…” and in my world of disability, it’s full of wheelchairs, blurred vision, love and laughter.ĭespite the challenges I face with my disabilities on a daily basis, I’ve grown up with fond and happy memories at Christmas time that I will treasure forever. “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid. Our writer Emma Purcell – who has cerebral palsy and is registered blind – shares a blog post she wrote a few years ago about her favourite Christmas memories growing up with a disability. Christmas is such a magical time of year with loved ones coming together, giving and receiving gifts, enjoying festive food, dressing up and even encountering many surprises.
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